The Muppets: Cancel or Renew for Season Two?

by Trevor Kimball, March 1, 2016

Tonight marks the season finale of The Muppets on ABC. The network wasn’t happy with the new Tuesday night series’ ratings in the fall so they replaced series showrunner Bob Kushell with Galavant’s showrunner, Kristin Newman. Newman made some changes to the series but they don’t seem to have made a difference. The ratings hit new lows when the show returned from its winter hiatus.

With such poor ratings, you’d think that The Muppets would automatically be cancelled. However, Disney owns the Muppets characters so the corporation (which also owns ABC) has a vested interest in keeping the show on the air.

We likely won’t know the show’s fate until May when the networks announce their plans for next season.

But, what do you think? Do you think that The Muppets is worth renewing for a second season? Should it be cancelled instead?

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The show was pretty good last fall, with a few good laughs, but it is very good this winter. Please renew! Original shows like this are far and few between, while ridiculous shows like Criminal Minds, Grimm, CSI, NCIS, Bones and Supernatural merely repeat the same thing over and over (and over), yet stay on the air for years.

Go Season 2! Season 1 went from horribly cynical to becoming a gem. Though saddled with last fall’s painfully executed story concept, the reboot was basically a success. These past several episodes I’ve been saying, “Yes! That’s the Muppets I grew up with and love.” It can only keep getting better from here. The only shame is that ended early.